Sampler Platter: Ramen, SPAM, tacos & Girl Scout cookies

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Too hungry to think straight...

• Rameniac reviews Chin-Ma-Ya, Little Tokyo’s newest ramen shop, specializing in authentic Sichuan-style tan tan men ‘that will have peppercorns oozing through your pores.’

• LA Taco pegs Tito’s Tacos as a tourist trap but loves the carne asada, pollo and carnitas tacos at nearby Cinco de Mayo.

• LA Eastside celebrates rosca de reyes, the bread of kings traditionally eaten on Jan. 6 for El Dia De Reyes, a.k.a. King’s Day.

• UK citizens can earn an all-expenses-paid trip to Hawaii for the 2010 SPAM JAM Festival by winning Britain’s Spam Cook of the Year competition. Americans will have to settle for SPAM.com. Slashfood

• Somebody hates the Girl Scouts and their annual cookie drive. Momlogic

— Elina Shatkin